Materials & Techniques: black ink / Exhibition History: The Line of Beauty : British Drawings and Watercolors of the Eighteenth Century (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-05-19 - 2001-08-05)

1. Howard Visiting a Prison

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: between 1790 and 1794
Materials & Techniques:: Black and gray wash with black ink over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 1/2 x 20 1/8 inches (31.8 x 51.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. Richardson Dilworth, B.A. 1938

2. The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 17, "Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College."

Creator:: William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: between 1797 and 1798
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and black ink and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper with inlaid letterpress page
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 1/2 x 12 3/4 inches (41.9 x 32.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

3. The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 45, "The Progress of Poesy."

Creator:: William Blake, 1757–1827
Date:: between 1797 and 1798
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and black ink and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper with inlaid letterpress page
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 1/2 x 12 3/4 inches (41.9 x 32.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

4. Lowther House, Westmorland: Elevation of the Garden Front

Creator:: Colen Campbell, 1676–1729
Date:: between 1718 and 1729
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite, pen and wash within triple-ruled border on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 7/8 x 20 13/16 inches (35.2 x 52.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

5. Design for a Wall of the Chapel of Revealed Religion

Creator:: Benjamin West, 1738–1820
Date:: ca. 1780
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen in gray and black ink on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 1/2 × 18 1/2 inches (29.2 × 47 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

6. Hinton St. George, Somerset: View of the Saloon

Creator:: Sir John Soane, 1753–1837
Date:: 1797
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite, pen and black and brown ink and watercolor on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/4 x 14 15/16 inches (23.5 x 37.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

7. Carlton House, Pall Mall, London: Section of the Portico, Hall and Tribune

Creator:: Henry Holland, 1745–1806
Date:: ca. 1787
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor over pen and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 15/16 x 28 1/4 inches (35.4 x 71.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

8. Men of War Lying off Sheerness

Creator:: John Harris, 1770–1834
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, gray ink, gouache and graphite on medium, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 1/4 × 21 1/4 inches (41.3 × 54 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

9. Design for an Unidentified Town House: Elevation and Plan

Creator:: James Gibbs, 1682–1754
Date:: ca. 1720
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink with gray wash over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 18 3/4 x 14 9/16 inches (47.6 x 37 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

10. Margaret Nicholson Attempting to Assassinate His Majesty, George III, at the Garden Entrance of St. James's Palace, 2nd August 1786

Creator:: Robert Dighton, 1752–1814
Date:: 1786
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, graphite, and gouache on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 7/8 x 10 1/8 inches (32.7 x 25.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

11. Donnybrook Fair, 1782

Creator:: Francis Wheatley, 1747–1801
Date:: 1782
Materials & Techniques:: Black ink with watercolor on medium, smooth, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 5/8 x 21 1/2 inches (32.1 x 54.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

12. British Troops Disembarking

Creator:: Dirk Langendyck, 1748–1805
Date:: 1799
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, and graphite on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/8 x 13 7/8 inches (23.2 x 35.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

13. Ruins of the Basilica of Maxentius in the Roman Forum

Creator:: Abraham Louis Rodolphe Ducros, 1748–1810
Date:: 1779
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and black ink over graphite on laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 20 7/8 x 29 1/8 inches (53 x 74 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

14. Interior of St. Paul's Cathedral

Creator:: Thomas Malton the Younger, 1748–1804
Date:: ca. 1792
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, and graphite on smooth, medium, cream laid paper laid down on card
Dimensions:: Sheet: 26 1/4 x 36 1/8 inches (66.7 x 91.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

15. Prospero Summoning Ariel

Creator:: William Young Ottley, 1771–1836
Date:: ca. 1800
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, graphite, gouache, white chalk, and pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, white wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 7/16 x 8 1/8 inches (31.6 x 20.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

16. Headfort House, Ireland: Section of the Staircase

Creator:: Robert Adam, 1728–1792
Date:: 1771 or 1772
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite, gray wash, pen and black and brown ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 21 1/4 x 14 1/2 inches (54 x 36.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

17. Headfort House, Ireland: Elevation of the Eating Parlor

Creator:: Robert Adam, 1728–1792
Date:: 1771
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink with gray wash and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 1/2 × 25 5/8 inches (36.8 × 65.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

18. View of Castle Cornet, Guernsey, Channel Islands, with Shipping

Creator:: John Thomas Serres, 1759–1825
Date:: ca. 1800
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 3/8 x 26 1/4 inches (23.8 x 66.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

19. The Members of a Corinthian Temple in Ruins at Ephesus

Creator:: Giovanni Battista Borra, 1713–1770
Date:: ca. 1750
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash with black and brown ink over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 21 5/16 x 15 3/16 inches (54.2 x 38.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

20. View of the Ruined Baths at Hadrian's Villa at Tivoli

Creator:: Giovanni Battista Borra, 1713–1770
Date:: ca. 1750
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash with black and brown ink over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 15 x 21 5/16 inches (38.1 x 54.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

21. Stromboli

Creator:: Giovanni Battista Borra, 1713–1770
Date:: 1750
Materials & Techniques:: Black ink with gray wash over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 21 3/8 x 14 15/16 inches (54.3 x 37.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

22. The South View of Berwick Upon Tweed

Creator:: Samuel Buck, 1696–1779
Date:: ca. 1743-1745
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink, with gray wash over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 1/4 x 31 7/8 inches (31.1 x 81 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

23. Roman Sketchbook

Creator:: Alexander Cozens, 1717–1786
Date:: 1746
Materials & Techniques:: Sketchbook with sketches in graphite, pen and black ink, pen and brown ink, black wash, gouache and gray wash on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper, bound in vellum
Dimensions:: Spine: 7 5/8 inches (19.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

24. A Hoy and a Lugger with other Shipping on a Calm Sea

Creator:: John Thomas Serres, 1759–1825
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 1/8 x 18 5/8 inches (33.3 x 47.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

25. The Duchess of Devonshire and the Countess of Bessborough

Creator:: Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827
Date:: 1790
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and black and gray ink over graphite on cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 11/16 x 16 3/4 inches (50 x 42.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

26. A View on the Island of Antigua: the English Barracks and Saint John's Church Seen from the Hospital

Creator:: Thomas Hearne, 1744–1817
Date:: ca. 1775
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and black ink over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 20 1/4 x 29 inches (51.4 x 73.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

27. Death on a Pale Horse

Creator:: John Hamilton Mortimer, 1740–1779
Date:: ca. 1775
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink and gray ink on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 24 5/8 x 18 1/2 inches (62.5 x 47 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

28. The Prize Fight

Creator:: Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827
Date:: 1787
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and black and gray ink over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 18 1/8 x 27 3/8 inches (46 x 69.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

29. An Audience Watching a Play at Drury Lane Theatre

Creator:: Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827
Date:: ca. 1785
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and black ink over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 3/8 x 14 5/16 inches (23.8 x 36.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

30. Admiral Vernon's Monument in Westminster Abbey

Creator:: John Michael Rysbrack, 1694–1770
Date:: ca. 1763
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and brown ink, black ink, gray wash, brown wash, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper mounted on thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 11/16 x 6 13/16in. (29.7 x 17.3cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

31. The Connoisseurs

Creator:: Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827
Date:: ca. 1790
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and red, brown and black ink over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 x 12 inches (22.9 x 30.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

32. Figures by a stream with cattle watering

Creator:: Philippe-Jacques de Loutherbourg, 1740–1812
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink, graphite, and gray wash on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 × 20 inches (35.6 × 50.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

33. Place des Victoires, Paris

Creator:: Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827
Date:: ca. 1783
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor in pen and black ink over graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream antique laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 3/4 x 21 inches (34.9 x 53.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

34. Vauxhall Gardens

Creator:: Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827
Date:: ca. 1784
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, pen and gray ink, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Mount: 15 1/16 x 20 11/16 inches (38.3 x 52.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

35. Queen Square, London

Creator:: Edward Dayes, 1763–1804
Date:: 1786
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and black ink over graphite on thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 17 1/16 x 23 1/2 inches (43.4 x 59.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

36. Design for a Writing Table

Creator:: Thomas Chippendale, 1718–1779
Date:: 1754
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite, gray wash, pen and black ink and brown ink on medium, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 5/8 x 12 7/8 inches (21.9 x 32.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

37. The Geographers

Creator:: John Brown, 1749–1787
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and gray ink, pen and black ink, gray wash and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 1/8 x 10 1/8 inches (18.1 x 25.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

38. Near Chiavenna in the Grisons

Creator:: John Robert Cozens, 1752–1797
Date:: ca. 1779
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, black ink, graphite and gray wash on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 16 3/4 x 24 1/2 inches (42.5 x 62.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

39. An English Man-of-War Taking Possession of a Ship

Creator:: Robert Cleveley, 1747–1809
Date:: 1783
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, graphite on thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 1/2 × 19 3/4 inches (34.3 × 50.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

40. Drawing for a Frontispiece: "The Toast"

Creator:: Hubert-François Gravelot, 1699–1773
Date:: 1735
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink, pen and brown ink, and gray wash on medium, moderately textured, beige laid paper mounted on thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 3/8 x 5 5/8 inches (21.3 x 14.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

41. Mountainous Landscape

Creator:: Alexander Cozens, 1717–1786
Date:: ca. 1780
Materials & Techniques:: Brown ink, black ink, gray wash, brown wash and pale brown ground on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/2 x 12 1/2 inches (24.1 x 31.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

42. The French Lady in London

Creator:: Samuel Hieronymus Grimm, 1733–1794
Date:: ca. 1771
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash black ink and gouache over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 1/2 x 9 inches (29.2 x 22.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

43. The English Lady at Paris

Creator:: Samuel Hieronymus Grimm, 1733–1794
Date:: 1771
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash with black ink over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 1/2 x 9 5/8 inches (31.8 x 24.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

44. Italian Sketchbook

Creator:: George Romney, 1734–1802
Date:: 1773
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink, pen and brown ink, and graphite on thin, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Spine: 6 1/2 inches (16.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

45. The St. Aubyn Family

Creator:: Johann Heinrich Ramberg, 1763–1840
Date:: 1787
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, white gouache, and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, brown wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 22 × 33 1/2 inches (55.9 × 85.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

46. Design for 'the Houses of both sides of the intended Street to extend in a right line from the Mansion-House to More-Gate humbly proposed to consideration'

Creator:: Stephen Riou, 1720–1780
Date:: 1762
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and black ink, graphite on slightly textured, medium, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 5/16 x 20 7/8 inches (18.6 x 53 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

47. Design for Wall Decoration

Creator:: John Yenn, 1750–1821
Date:: ca. 1800
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink and watercolor on slightly textured, medium, white laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/4 × 13 3/4 inches (26 × 34.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

48. Design for a Chimney Piece

Creator:: George Richardson, ca.1738–ca.1813
Date:: 1773
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink and black wash on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/2 x 14 3/8 inches (26.7 x 36.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

49. Design for Wall Decoration

Creator:: John Yenn, 1750–1821
Date:: ca. 1800
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink and watercolor on slightly textured, medium, rose laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/4 × 13 3/4 inches (26 × 34.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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1. Howard Visiting a Prison

2. The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 17, "Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College."

3. The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 45, "The Progress of Poesy."

4. Lowther House, Westmorland: Elevation of the Garden Front

5. Design for a Wall of the Chapel of Revealed Religion

6. Hinton St. George, Somerset: View of the Saloon

7. Carlton House, Pall Mall, London: Section of the Portico, Hall and Tribune

8. Men of War Lying off Sheerness

9. Design for an Unidentified Town House: Elevation and Plan

10. Margaret Nicholson Attempting to Assassinate His Majesty, George III, at the Garden Entrance of St. James's Palace, 2nd August 1786

11. Donnybrook Fair, 1782

12. British Troops Disembarking

13. Ruins of the Basilica of Maxentius in the Roman Forum

14. Interior of St. Paul's Cathedral

15. Prospero Summoning Ariel

16. Headfort House, Ireland: Section of the Staircase

17. Headfort House, Ireland: Elevation of the Eating Parlor

18. View of Castle Cornet, Guernsey, Channel Islands, with Shipping

19. The Members of a Corinthian Temple in Ruins at Ephesus

20. View of the Ruined Baths at Hadrian's Villa at Tivoli

21. Stromboli

22. The South View of Berwick Upon Tweed

23. Roman Sketchbook

24. A Hoy and a Lugger with other Shipping on a Calm Sea

25. The Duchess of Devonshire and the Countess of Bessborough

26. A View on the Island of Antigua: the English Barracks and Saint John's Church Seen from the Hospital

27. Death on a Pale Horse

28. The Prize Fight

29. An Audience Watching a Play at Drury Lane Theatre

30. Admiral Vernon's Monument in Westminster Abbey

31. The Connoisseurs

32. Figures by a stream with cattle watering

33. Place des Victoires, Paris

34. Vauxhall Gardens

35. Queen Square, London

36. Design for a Writing Table

37. The Geographers

38. Near Chiavenna in the Grisons

39. An English Man-of-War Taking Possession of a Ship

40. Drawing for a Frontispiece: "The Toast"

41. Mountainous Landscape

42. The French Lady in London

43. The English Lady at Paris

44. Italian Sketchbook

45. The St. Aubyn Family

46. Design for 'the Houses of both sides of the intended Street to extend in a right line from the Mansion-House to More-Gate humbly proposed to consideration'

47. Design for Wall Decoration

48. Design for a Chimney Piece

49. Design for Wall Decoration